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Autonomous vehicle handling and performance adjustment

  • US 9,666,069 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2014
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • an autonomous driving sensor configured to detect a road condition and output at least one road condition signal representing the road condition;

    an autonomous mode controller configured to control the vehicle according to the at least one road condition signal; and

    a communication module configured to broadcast the road condition signal directly to nearby vehicles within a communication range of the communication module,wherein the communication module is programmed to apply, to the road condition signal, a decay factor that defines a time at which the detected road condition expires and cease broadcasting the road condition signal in accordance with the decay factor.

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